Calendar of Events for Wellington City Libraries

Law for Lunch / Clean up your Relationship Property or Get Taken to the Cleaners

17 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Central Library
65 Victoria St
Wellington 6011
Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 12 – 1pm

Speaker: Matt Freeman, Solicitor, Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts.

Entering and exiting domestic relationships
Practical advice for new and established couples

Matt Freeman is a solicitor with Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts. He practises in all areas of litigation, with particular interests in relationship property matters, ACC law, and insolvency law. He graduated from Victoria University of Wellington with a BSc (Hons) in 2000 and an LLB in 2003. He was admitted to the bar in 2005 and has been with Thomas Dewar Sziranyi Letts since 2006.

Where: Central Library
Audience: Adults
Contact: Phone 499 4444, or email us
Event notes: For a full program across the month, click here
Event series: Law for Lunch
Theme: Clean up your Relationship Property or Get Taken to the Cleaners
More info: www.wcl.govt.nz…

Law for Lunch / A Fair Deal? Adult children supporting elderly parents

24 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Central Library
65 Victoria St
Wellington 6011
Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 12 – 1pm

Speaker: Laurie Hilgsen, Director, Carers NZ*.

When carers are compensated at a fair market rate for their labour (either during the family member's lifetime, or as a proportion of their estate)
A contract for a specific time, or for life?
Compensation as a lump sum, or in specific payments?
A contract for specific services?
What happens when a carer takes a break, resigns, or becomes incapacitated?
Tax implications for all parties

Laurie Hilsgen is CEO of Carers NZ, the national peak body for family carers. More than 420,000 Kiwis support an ill, disabled, or frail aged family member. Family carers are New Zealand’s biggest health workforce and, in an ageing society, will have an increasingly vital role.

Where: Central Library
Audience: Adults
Contact: Phone 499 4444, or email us
Event notes: For a full program across the month, click here
Event series: Law for Lunch
Theme: A Fair Deal? Adult children supporting elderly parents
More info: www.wcl.govt.nz…

Mata Ora – Celebrating Maori Celestial Navigation @ Central Library

26 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Central Library
65 Victoria St
Wellington 6011
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 7 – 8pm

With Hector Busby, Jack Thatcher and Hoturoa Barclay Kerr

Celebrating celestial navigation, the event Mata Ora highlights and pays tribute to the courageous deep sea voyaging explorations of Maori using the sun, moon and stars as they sought new lands.

Today there is a revival of oceanic navigation by the stars underway throughout the Pacific ocean and you can join leading star navigators Hekenukumai (Hector) Busby, Jack Thatcher and Hoturoa Barclay Kerr for a special evening sharing their knowledge and firsthand experience of Maori celestial navigation. Hear their stories of blue sea navigation using the ancient waka hourua (twin hull sailing vessels) as they traverse the history of Maori seeking out new lands that resulted in the discovery of Aotearoa, New Zealand.

To find out more about Mata Ora check out the four day event Mata Ora – The Living Knowledge, organised by the Society of Maori Astronomy, Research and Tourism. Mata Ora 2009 is proudly supported by UNESCO.

Ngā kanohi o te rangi – the eyes of the sky.

Where: Central Library
Audience: Adults
Contact: Rebecca Waechter, ph 801 4127 or email Rebecca
Event notes: All welcome and free - just turn up on the night
Event series: This event celebrates the International Year of Astronomy in 2009
More info: www.wcl.govt.nz…

The Christmas Star – is there a scientific explanation for the Star of Bethlehem? @ Central Library

01 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Central Library
65 Victoria St
Wellington 6011
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 7 – 8pm

Is it possible to give a scientific explanation for the biblical account of the appearance of a bright star at the time of the birth of Jesus? By studying the few fragments of information that are available and combining them with known historical material it is possible to exclude some theories that have been put forward over the last four centuries. In putting together this complex jigsaw puzzle over a period of nearly five decades, Frank Andrews suggests a possible new scenario which fits well with biblical accounts and known, independent historical records.

Come and join us to hear more in what promises to be an entertaining talk with Frank as we near Christmas and celebrate the last event in our International Year of Astronomy series with Wellington City Libraries and Wellington Astronomical Society.

Where: Central Library
Audience: Adults
Contact: Rebecca Waechter, ph 801 4127 or email Rebecca
Event notes: A free talk by Frank Andrews from Wellington Astronomical Society.
Event series: This event celebrates the International Year of Astronomy in 2009
More info: www.wcl.govt.nz…